KPD arrests two for drug trafficking, possession of 2 pounds of marijuana

Thursday

Jul 11, 2013 at 2:34 PMJul 11, 2013 at 2:40 PM

The arrests concluded a drug investigation over several months; suspects were traveling between Missouri and Texas

A Kirksville woman and Texas man were arrested Thursday morning for allegedly smuggling two pounds of marijuana into Kirksville after police concluded a multi-month drug investigation.

Angel Reed, 27, of Kirksville; and Larry Ransom, 27, of San Antonio, Texas; were both arrested at about 9 a.m. Thursday just after traveling northbound on Highway 63 past the Adair and Macon county line. Police, including Kirksville Police, Adair County Sheriff and Missouri State Highway Patrol officers, made the traffic stop after a multi-month investigation into alleged drug trafficking in Kirksville.

Police executed a search warrant and located approximately two pounds of marijuana, $1,000 in cash and other evidence indicative of marijuana trafficking including scales and baggies.

According to police, Ransom is a parolee out of Texas who is prohibited from leaving the state.

The arrests came, police said, after sources in an investigation showed Reed had traveled to and from Texas with the intent to buy and sell marijuana at least three times in the past six months.

Both Reed and Ransom were arrested on charges of the class B felony possession of a controlled substance with intent to distribute and misdemeanor possession of drug paraphernalia.

Both suspects were being held in the Adair County Jail as of Thursday afternoon on 24-hour holds pending the filing of criminal charges.

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